Romeoville seniors spend a science-filled summer

Ask Romeoville High School seniors Eric Nelson and Justin Vollmuth how they spent their summer vacation and you had better be prepared for a long answer most of us wouldn’t totally understand.

Both were working on research projects with Lewis University graduate students.Nelson was working on the characterization of biomimetic hydrogels crosslinked with amino acids for wound management.

Vollmuth worked on epi-fluorescent optical tweezers for anti-bacterial characterization of metal nanoparticles.

They received the opportunity through the research methods class at Romeoville High School taught by Sandrine Clairardin.

(Pictured above is Eric Nelson)

The RHS science department has developed a partnership with Lewis Chemistry Dept. Chair Jason Keleher. Part of that partnership is high school student participation in the STEM Undergraduate Research Experience.

SURE is a summer program that gives high school students interested in research fields a chance to experience a college-level research project.